<< >> NASA ASRS Report 1640749, April 2019

A ramp agent reported noticing a tug rolling towards a parked aircraft and ran over and stopped it.

Attributes
ACN	1640749
Time
Date	201904
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B777 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Parked
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Function	Vehicle Driver Ramp
Events
Anomaly	Conflict Ground Conflict Critical

Narrative:

Near miss of a tug which was put in neutral and emergency brake. The tug went toward an engine of a B777 by itself. I noticed this from another gate and ran to stop the tug inches away from the engine.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A Ramp Agent reported noticing a tug rolling towards a parked aircraft and ran over and stopped it.

Narrative: Near miss of a tug which was put in neutral and emergency brake. The tug went toward an engine of a B777 by itself. I noticed this from another gate and ran to stop the tug inches away from the engine.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.